ROME, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Italian Olympic race walker AlexSchwazer was excluded from the London games after failing adoping test, Italian state broadcaster RAI said on Monday.

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) earlier said they hadexcluded an athlete due to "an adverse result from ananti-doping test previously arranged by the World Anti-DopingAgency".

RAI said they confirmed the excluded athlete was Schwazerafter speaking to his coach Michele Didoni. The Italian OlympicCommittee and Schwazer's public relations managers did notimmediately respond to calls seeking confirmations.

Schwazer, who won gold in the Beijing Olympic games in 2008for the 50km race walk, said last month he would not compete ina 20km walk to concentrate on the 50km event.